Richard L. Collins, well-known author of books about aviation and longtime editor-in-chief at Flying magazine, died on Sunday at his home in Maryland. Collins began his journalism career working on Air Facts, a magazine founded by his father, Leighton Collins. He began writing for Flyingin 1968 and became editor-in-chief in 1977. He also worked at AOPA Pilot, and wrote more than a dozen books. Collins earned his private pilot certificate in 1952 and logged more than 20,000 hours in GA aircraft. Recently, he had been writing a blog for Air Facts Journal, a website he developed together with Sportys Pilot Shop. He appeared in videos for Sportys, teaching pilots about weather and ATC procedures. Collins was 84. He had learned to fly in the 1950s, and had been writing for aviation magazines since 1958.
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